Shoe-closure.



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SHOE CLOSURE. APPUCATION FILED sEPLzI, 19| r.

wml., Patented Jim. 14,1919.

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STATES PATENT UFFTQF.

ALEXANDER BALVANOVICI-I, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

SHOE-CLOSURE.

Application led September 27, 1917.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, ALEXANDER BALVANO- vier-i, a subject of the Czar of Russia, resident of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe- Closures, of which the following is a speciication.

This invention relates to improvements in shoes, and particularly to types adapted to be closed .at the rear or heel portion thereof.

The principal object of the invention is to provide means whereby the shoes can be closed in a'secure and convenient manner, thereby avoiding unsightly obstructions at the front or sides of the shoe.

A further object is to provide such means in forms which will prevent the entrance of snow or water, and which present a neat and attractive appearance.

These and other like objects are attained by the novel construction and combination of parts hereafter described andI shown in the accompanyingdrawings, forming a material part of this disclosure, and in which Figure 1 is a similar horizontal sectional view showing the fastening means.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing a fragment oi' the securing means, and

F ig. 3 is a similar perspective view showingl a fragment of the securing means as employed on the other side of the shoe.

Tn Figs. l to 3 is shown a forni of closing means, in which the sides of the shoes 2O and 22, have securely engaged at their edges, stemmed hooks 26 and 2S, the same standing directly outward and adapted to pass through openings 27 and 29, formed through flaps 30 and 32, engaged respectively at the Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented dan.. la, 129919..

Serial No. 193,441.

rear of the Vamps 20 and 22, the flaps eX- tending outwardly so as to pass each other when in an operative position` and held by the points of the hooks so as to form an impervious joint, reinforced by the strip or tongue element 33, on which are formed the slots through which the hooks pass prior to entering the slots in the flaps, as can best be seen in Fig. 1.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that a neat and convenient manner of securing shoes has been disclosed and that lthe same are tightly held in an engaged position when the foot is entered within the shoe.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. Tn a shoe closing device, the co1nbination with the counter of a shoe, and vamp thereof, of hooks spacedly arranged on the opposed edges of said vamp, and flaps united to the exterior of said vamp, said flap-s having openings receptive of said hooks and being adapted to lap one past the other.

2. In a shoe closing device, the combination with a relatively rigid counter and a vamp having spaced edges directlyT at the rear of `the shoe, hooks united to `the edges of said vamp, flaps secured to the exterior of said vamp, one upon either side oi? the mentioned edges and adapted to engage one with the other, said flaps having horizontal slots receptive of said hooks, and a flexible l reinforcing tongue engaging with said hooks prior to the attachment of said flaps.

In testimony whereof I have aliixed my signature.

ALEXANDER BALVANOVlCl-i.

Washington, ZD., G. 

